FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2024
CHARGE!!!!
Chances are you don't know a heck
of a lot about the various bugle calls
used by the military. But it's a pretty
good bet you'd recognize the Cavalry
Charge. They still play it at baseball games
in the hope of rallying the home team.
And you may remember it from the movies
when General Custer made his famous, though
ill fated. charge at the Little Bighorn! I bring
it up because it was on August 23rd, 1944 that
the last major cavalry charge took place! It was
is Russia and it involved an Italian cavalry unit
which charged Russial artillery! But get this....
the cavalry won the day! When the battle ended
the Italians had lost 32 men and 100 horses. But
the Russians had 150 men killed, 300 wounded.
and 600 captured! You'd think we'd still be using
the charge and not just at basemall games! Just
though you'd like to know! Hope you're well and
that all your NEWS is good!
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